6 ICONIC ITALIAN DISHES YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE FROM EMILIA-ROMAGNA (AND WHERE TO GET THEM)

If you think you can come to Italy and keep your waistline intact, you are sorely mistaken – for there is no such thing as being on a diet in this country. Between the countless gelatos (it’s hot in Italy, okay?) and the pasta and the wine, well, calories really aren’t much of a concern. Especially in Emilia-Romagna, one of Italy’s most underrated foodie regions. I just recently spent a few days in Bologna and Modena, where I visited factories and ate at as many restaurants as I possibly could in order to get more familiar with the long-lasting, mouth-watering, highly traditional history of food in this part of the world.